Pacific Medical Student Association (PMSA); a report from a RANZCP sponsored inaugural medical student camp (Letter)

Beckmann, K Martin; Ram, Bijend; Hinds, Meredith; Parsonage, Brian; Alexander, Agnew; Ma'u, Etuini; Gleadow, Ros; Arnold, Joyce

doi:10.1177/1039856218783850

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Beckmann, K Martin

Ram, Bijend

Hinds, Meredith

Parsonage, Brian

Alexander, Agnew

Ma'u, Etuini

Gleadow, Ros

Arnold, Joyce

Griffith University Author(s)

Beckmann, Martin K.

Year published

2018

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Abstract

Dear Sir, In 2017, Fiji hosted the first ever Southern Hemisphere Pacific Medical Student Association (PMSA) summer camp.1 This 5-day event aimed to deepen students’ knowledge. Topics at this camp were essential to Pacific Health, chosen specifically as potentially neglected at medical schools. Presentations were on climate change, natural disasters, environmental health in the Pacific, jungle and primitive medicine, emergency medicine and mental health.Dear Sir, In 2017, Fiji hosted the first ever Southern Hemisphere Pacific Medical Student Association (PMSA) summer camp.1 This 5-day event aimed to deepen students’ knowledge. Topics at this camp were essential to Pacific Health, chosen specifically as potentially neglected at medical schools. Presentations were on climate change, natural disasters, environmental health in the Pacific, jungle and primitive medicine, emergency medicine and mental health.
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